[IrishMike]

Another article..............

THE REAL LESSON OF
KATRINA
August 29, 2006 --
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_real_lesson_of_katrina_opedcolumnists_nicole_gelinas.htm
Nicole Gelinas ... New York Post

[ScreamingFist]

Turned its back? As the chart nearby indicates, Congress has approved $122.5 billion for the Gulf Region, a figure incomprehensible in size to anyone but, well, a politician. The real wonder is that anyone is surprised, much less feigning surprise, that things are going poorly

LOL. Me thinks the US has hit the....."a democracy that votes itself freestuff"....stage.....If I remember correctly the next stage of a democracy is "downfall"...

[OldFriend]

A bit of pandering for votes by Jindal. Wouldn't be good to put the blame squarely where it belongs. On the ages old corruption of the elected officials in Louisiana and the morally bankrupt citizens who voted for those officials.

[mewzilla]

As a taxpayer, tragedy is not the word I'd use. I'd call it a rip-off.

[Savage Beast]

Democrats love corruption. That's the only way they can get power and hold public offices. As Rush says, if they told the truth they'd never get elected.

[SueRae]

Oh yeah. Nailed it.

[sgtbono2002]

There is no sense in rebuilding New Orleans until a Plastic waterproof bubble can be installed over and around all the sections that are already below sea level. Much like an undersea city.

Mistakes have certainly been made. Dems cried for immediate asistance. $2,000 credit cards were issued.
Dems called for immediate assistance. Contracts were issued without bids.Dems called for immediate asistance ,money was poured in.

Dems called for immediate asistance, then they cried about the mistakes that were made in the rush.Dems cried for immediate assistance , but they didnt have a clue what to do and still dont , but they do one thing really well.

They criticise, piss and moan constantly. They still dont have a clue.

[cvq3842]

Mississippi was devastated too, but they had competent state and local leadership.

[sergeantdave]

Maybe we can send Detroit's mayor down to NO to give Nagin a few tips how to run a city.

Calculating demographic shifts away from Detroit and number of housing units lost in the past 30 years, Detroit will be completely vacant by 2060.

[Phsstpok]

here's a bizarre take on this topic

Corruption is what makes New Orleans attractive!

The "screw the rules" pirates and privateers (think Jean Lafitte) that made that town are quintesentially American. Think Newt Gingrich's comments about speed limits being a "benchmark of opprotunity." We are a "slightly out there" society who don't completely abide by the rules. N.O. is the epitome of that idea. And they have celebrated it for centuries. This isn't a recent phenomonon.

And I, for one, don't want to crush that spirit. I do, however, want to channel it. there's graft aplenty to be found if they choose to turn the 9th ward and St. Bernards parish into a modern and well planned Venice. But Ray Naggin doesn't want to hear that particular notion, as they are too much in line with free market notions.

So, lets encourage the corrupt Louisiana politicians to discover the graft opportunities in a correctly planned New Orleans!

[LisaMalia]

"New Orleans has suffered from the trauma of three crises,"

Yeah...let me name them:
-incompetent local government, namely the "fair" mayor of their city
-millions of charity dollars going into the pockets of crooked politicians (see above)
-locals not picking themselves up by the bootstraps, and banding together to get their city back in business.

I guantantee you, if this catasrophe would have happened in a city in the Mid-West, and we had those mega millions in resources to work with, life for it's citizens would be virtually back to normal by now.

[srmorton]

Paul over at Whizbang: Explosively Unique has a fascinating post complete with pictures and videos about what was really responsible for the flooding in New Orleans that occurred after Katrina. According to his post and some other links he supplies, Katrina may have actually been responsible for saving lives in New Orleans.

Check it out at http://wizbangblog.com.

[Diggity]

This site gives the daily down and dirty on Lousiana.

http://www.thedeadpelican.com/